Android 2.0 ported to T-Mobile G1-”HTC Dream” (video)
Android 2.0 only came out last week and will be available through the Motorola droid, but the open-source community has already manage to port the new Android operating system into the very first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1 aka “HTC Dream“.
Porting the new OS into HTC Dream isn’t the greatest because it was just a direct port and not well optimized. Although there’s optimization problem, it’s still actually runs quite well with a little problem on screen transitions.
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Source: Daily Contributor
WJLA Breast Exam on TV
WJLA-TV, an ABC affiliate, is airing a two-part series of non-blurred breast exam. The TV segments show clinical demonstrations of self-exams, and the breasts of the two volunteers. The Parents Television Council is reacting to the series shown on TV, claiming it is not suitable for public viewing.WJLA officials said the segments are providing an important service because many women don't know
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Source: The Composed Gentleman
Will to be Whole
A glimpse of the heavens
Oh you being of the heavens, I am praying
In the middle of the battlefield of my soul
I am crying, can you hear me?
Can you see me in pain?
Holding on to the will to be whole
I’m not asking for mercy or forgiveness
Or to help me out of the darkness I’m in
I’m not asking for strength
Or for some kind of courage
Not even to deliver me from sin
Here I’m standing proud like the sun
Hidden behind the gray clouds of rain
I am standing to show you
That despite...
Source: Filipino Freethinkers
Legality of shortened voter registration questioned in Supreme Court
As youths and new registrants endure long lines to register for the 2010 polls, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino today questioned the legality of the Commission on Election’s shortening of the period of continuing registration up to tomorrow October 31.
Palatino today filed a Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus with Application for Preliminary Mandatory Injunction before the Supreme Court today. The full text of the petition may be read at http://tinyurl.com/yhyqwov.
Other petitioners were...
Source: bikoy.net
Hot! Noynoy Aquino’s Hindi ka Nag-iisa video
Hot off the press: the Noynoy Aquino video first shown on ABS-CBN tonight. Have you watched it yet?
Honestly, I got goosebumps when I saw this. My American husband says the one thing with Noynoy is that he’s catching the imagination of the apathetic Filipino people and that’s a good thing.
Most notable is the fact that Noynoy is spending the least among the presidentiables. The star-studded Hindi Ka Nag-iisa video itself is described as a “love offering from entertainment and...
Source: Ajay's Writings on the Wall
Google’s caffeine
A new version of Google's search engine is currently, and publicly, being tested, and debate is raging in the SEO community over whether the new system provides any real benefits. Some webmasters say the new engine is pointless, while others seem to love it. The real value of the new search engine is probably about half-way between the two opinions.
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Source: Filipino Bloggers
I Want to be a Celebrity Poker Player
Hello there!
I have a new dream… to be a celebrity poker player. Why? Because I know I know I’m a pretty good poker player but don’t have enough bankroll and not enough time to invest to become a really good professional poker player. But I do want to play in the big [...]...
Source: Life With Ria
My scariest five
Happy halloween, everybody!In keeping with the ghoulish atmosphere that end of October brings, I'm posting here my five scares -- imaginative and real, in existence then and now -- which continuously give me the creeps; whom I wouldn't dare cross paths with; who'd surely give me a coronary if ever I chance upon them.In villanous characterEtang Discher: For me, she is the ultimate of all the villanous characters on Philippine tv. Her Hispanic, gaunt look bescared my youth and up until now, I remember...
Source: Isla de Nebz
Coast Guard Plane Crash, Helicopter Collision
Military plane - helicopter crash. At 7:10 p.m. Thursday, a Coast Guard plane with seven people and a Marine Corps helicopter carrying two people, crashed mid air off the Southern California coast. The collision was about 15 miles east of San Clemente Island.[Coast Guard Plane Crashes Into Helicopter In SoCal]As many as nine people were believed to be missing after a Coast Guard plane collided
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Source: The Composed Gentleman
Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment debuts
Adam Lambert's single "For Your Entertainment" debuts on Ryan Seacrest's radio show this morning. Yohoo! Adam Lambert's new song has the dancing beat. I think it's perfect for his voice. For Your Entertainment lyrics will soon come.
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Source: The Composed Gentleman
